SEPT. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2171

Rural Lands in Southland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and thirty-six of “The Land Act, 1892,” and section two of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare and provide as follows, that is to say:—

1. The rural lands enumerated in the Schedules hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on and after the eighteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and four, at the respective prices specified in the said Schedules.

2. The said lands may be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on lease in perpetuity: provided that in the case of land containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, it shall be selected on lease in perpetuity only and shall not be purchased for cash.

3. For the purposes of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” the lands enumerated in the First Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “light-bush land,” and the land in the Second Schedule shall be deemed to be “scrub land.”

4. No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said lands for a period of three years in the case of light-bush land, and two years in the case of scrub land, from the date from which in each case respectively such land is disposed of, and no local authority shall have power to levy or collect any such rate from such land during such period.

5. After the first half-year’s rent has been paid by the selector the further instalments of rent payable by him for a period of three years in the case of light-bush land, and two years in the case of scrub land, shall not be demanded: provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the selector disposes of his interest in the land the rent so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the Board shall think fit.

SCHEDULES.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

First-class Light-bush Land.

| Southland | Invercargill Hundred | 57 | XXIII. | 27 2 0 | 1 5 0 | 34 7 6 | 1 3 | 0 17 2 | 1 0 | 0 13 9 |
| " | Ditto .. | 58 | " | 27 2 0 | 1 5 0 | 34 7 6 | 1 3 | 0 17 2 | 1 0 | 0 13 9 |
| " | " .. | 59 | " | 27 2 0 | 1 5 0 | 34 7 6 | 1 3 | 0 17 2 | 1 0 | 0 13 9 |

Distance from Waimatua Railway-station, about one mile. The land is gently sloping, of fair quality, with good fall; bush-clad; timber fit only for firewood. Litho. No. 334.

| Southland | Mabel Hundred | 31 | V. | 14 0 7 | 1 5 0 | 17 10 0 | 1 3 | 0 8 9 | 1 0 | 0 7 0 |

Situated about six miles from Woodlands Railway-station. Land is part of an abandoned sawmill area; remaining timber fit only for firewood; soil fair, but wet in places; land level. Litho. No. 331.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

First-class Scrub Land.

| Southland | Invercargill Hundred | 27 | VII. | 4 0 21 | 1 5 0 | 5 3 3 | 1 3 | 0 2 7 | 1 0 | 0 2 1 |
| " | Ditto .. | 28 | " | 4 0 20 | 1 5 0 | 5 3 2 | 1 3 | 0 2 7 | 1 0 | 0 2 1 |
| " | " .. | 29 | " | 4 0 20 | 1 5 0 | 5 3 2 | 1 3 | 0 2 7 | 1 0 | 0 2 1 |
| " | " .. | 36 | " | 4 1 16 | 1 5 0 | 5 8 9 | 1 3 | 0 2 9 | 1 0 | 0 2 2 |
| " | " .. | 40 | " | 4 0 20 | 1 5 0 | 5 3 2 | 1 3 | 0 2 7 | 1 0 | 0 2 1 |
| " | " .. | 41 | " | 4 0 20 | 1 5 0 | 5 3 2 | 1 3 | 0 2 7 | 1 0 | 0 2 1 |
| " | " .. | 42 | " | 4 0 21 | 1 5 0 | 5 3 3 | 1 3 | 0 2 7 | 1 0 | 0 2 1 |
| " | " .. | 43 | " | 4 3 0 | 1 0 0 | 4 15 0 | 1 0 | 0 2 5 | 0 9·6 | 0 1 11 |
| " | " .. | 44 | " | 4 2 38 | 1 0 0 | 4 14 9 | 1 0 | 0 2 4 | 0 9·6 | 0 1 11 |
| " | " .. | 45 | " | 4 2 38 | 1 0 0 | 4 14 9 | 1 0 | 0 2 4 | 0 9·6 | 0 1 11 |
| " | " .. | 46 | " | 4 2 38 | 1 0 0 | 4 14 9 | 1 0 | 0 2 4 | 0 9·6 | 0 1 11 |
| " | " .. | 53 | " | 5 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 5 0 0 | 1 0 | 0 2 6 | 0 9·6 | 0 2 0 |
| " | " .. | 54 | " | 5 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 5 0 0 | 1 0 | 0 2 6 | 0 9·6 | 0 2 0 |
| " | " .. | 55 | " | 4 2 38 | 1 0 0 | 4 14 9 | 1 0 | 0 2 4 | 0 9·6 | 0 1 11 |
| " | " .. | 56 | " | 4 2 38 | 1 0 0 | 4 14 9 | 1 0 | 0 2 4 | 0 9·6 | 0 1 11 |
| " | " .. | 57 | " | 4 2 38 | 1 0 0 | 4 14 9 | 1 0 | 0 2 4 | 0 9·6 | 0 1 11 |
| " | " .. | 58 | " | 4 3 0 | 1 0 0 | 4 15 0 | 1 0 | 0 2 5 | 0 9·6 | 0 1 11 |
| " | " .. | 59 | " | 4 1 6 | 1 5 0 | 5 7 2 | 1 3 | 0 2 8 | 1 0 | 0 2 2 |
| " | " .. | 60 | " | 4 1 6 | 1 5 0 | 5 7 2 | 1 3 | 0 2 8 | 1 0 | 0 2 2 |
| " | " .. | 62 | " | 4 1 4 | 1 5 0 | 5 6 11 | 1 3 | 0 2 8 | 1 0 | 0 2 2 |
| " | " .. | 63 | " | 4 1 4 | 1 5 0 | 5 6 11 | 1 3 | 0 2 8 | 1 0 | 0 2 2 |
| " | " .. | 64 | " | 4 1 4 | 1 5 0 | 5 6 11 | 1 3 | 0 2 8 | 1 0 | 0 2 2 |
| " | " .. | 65 | " | 4 1 6 | 1 5 0 | 5 7 2 | 1 3 | 0 2 8 | 1 0 | 0 2 2 |
| " | " .. | 66 | " | 4 1 6 | 1 5 0 | 5 7 2 | 1 3 | 0 2 8 | 1 0 | 0 2 2 |
| " | " .. | 67 | " | 4 3 2 | 1 0 0 | 4 15 3 | 1 0 | 0 2 5 | 0 9·6 | 0 1 11 |
| " | " .. | 68 | " | 4 3 2 | 1 0 0 | 4 15 3 | 1 0 | 0 2 5 | 0 9·6 | 0 1 11 |
| " | " .. | 69 | " | 4 3 0 | 1 0 0 | 4 15 0 | 1 0 | 0 2 5 | 0 9·6 | 0 1 11 |
| " | " .. | 70 | " | 4 3 0 | 1 0 0 | 4 15 0 | 1 0 | 0 2 5 | 0 9·6 | 0 1 11 |
| " | " .. | 71 | " | 4 3 0 | 1 0 0 | 4 15 0 | 1 0 | 0 2 5 | 0 9·6 | 0 1 11 |
| " | " .. | 72 | " | 4 3 0 | 1 0 0 | 4 15 0 | 1 0 | 0 2 5 | 0 9·6 | 0 1 11 |
| " | " .. | 73 | " | 4 3 2 | 1 0 0 | 4 15 3 | 1 0 | 0 2 5 | 0 9·6 | 0 1 11 |
| " | " .. | 74 | " | 4 3 2 | 1 0 0 | 4 15 3 | 1 0 | 0 2 5 | 0 9·6 | 0 1 11 |

Block VII. is situated two miles and a half due south of Longbush Railway-station, on Invercargill-Dunedin line; is dry, sloping land, of fair quality, with timber fit only for firewood. Litho. No. 334.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this second day of September, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.